Impact Fees

This survey shows fees charged on new development to pay for the construction or expansion of off-site capital improvements that are necessitated by and benefit the new development, including school...

An increasing number of municipalities across the nation are adopting local ordinances which impose impact fees on developers in order to finance costs associated with new construction. This article...

Presents an evaluation of alternative approaches for establishing public school level of service standards, as it pertains to Florida. The new statutory requirements for school concurrency constitute...

One page discussion of methods that can be used alone or in combination to fund school facilities: lease or lease-purchase plans; establishing business/community partnerships; imposing school impact...

Advises on how identify and counter threats made to school district revenue by shifts in tax collection. Tax increment financing districts, property tax reduction litigation, property tax abatement,...

Written for members of the building industry who need to understand and respond to local impact fee initiatives, this covers the basic facts and guides the reader to additional sources of information...